Darth Vader: A small rebel force has penetrated the shield and landed on Endor. The Emperor: Yes, I know. Darth Vader: My son is with them. The Emperor: Are you sure? Darth Vader: I have *felt* him, my master. The Emperor: Strange that I have not. I ...
Once you have locked your door you are the emperor in your own domain.
In God we trust. All others [must] have data. - Bernard Fisher
I want to make a difference. But get a job? I worry that will make the ordinary, like everybody else.
Dey's some things I don't got to be told. I kin read them in folks' eyes.
Chance is the nature of our universe. […] madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable.
It has occurred to me more than once that holy boredom is good and sufficient reason for the invention of free will.
Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve.
In the wrong hands,” Leto said, “monolithic centralized power is a dangerous and volatile instrument.” - “And your hands are the right ones?
Prisons are needed only to provide the illusion that courts and police are effective. They’re a kind of job insurance.
We had something few experience. We were joined in our strengths rather than in our weaknesses.
This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.
Algren: Who sent those men to kill you? Was it the Emperor? Omura? Katsumoto: If The Emperor wishes my death, he has but to ask. Algren: So it was Omura.
The Emperor of China: The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all. Shang: Sir? The Emperor of China: You don't meet a girl like that every dynasty.
Oskar Schindler: Power is when we have every justification to kill, and we don't. Amon Goeth: You think that's power? Oskar Schindler: That's what the Emperor said. A man steals something, he's brought in before the Emperor, he throws himself down on...
[Shock troopers are searching for the body of Yoda] Clone Commander Thire: There is no sign of his body, sir. Mas Amedda: Then he is not dead? The Emperor: Double your search! Clone Commander Thire: Yes, sir! Right away, sir! [the troopers exit] The ...
Believe what you see with your eyes, trust what you hear with your ears; know what you feel with your flesh. The rest is dream and delusion.
La ciencia encarna el deseo humano de entender la naturaleza; la tecnología conjuga ese deseo con la ambición de controlarla.
Will raised both eyebrows. 'Well, you learn a new thing everyday,' he said reflectively. 'In your case, that's no exaggeration,' Halt said, completely straight-faced.
Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.
Her aunt Sol had once told Shai to smile at the worst insults and snap at the minor ones. That way, no man would know your heart.
